Telangana Jagruthi Organisation president Kavita was arrested by police on Thursday at Tank Bund in Hyderabad. She accompanied by some TRS workers and others have staged a dharna at Ambedkar statue at Tank bund in protest against vandalizing of Dr.Ambedkar statues in Amalapuram and Dhavaleswaram. She plans for a protest march to Assembly demanding an immediate action against the culprits and for installing a statue of Dr.Ambedkar in Assembly premises. However, since she has no police permission for her march, she was arrested by them. Kavita raged with her arrest enters into heated arguments with the police asking them what is wrong with her demands. She warns the Government if it fails to take immediate action on her demands, she will block the Assembly with thousands of people.
The police on Tuesday arrested Telangana Jagruthi president K Kavitha and other activists when they tried to picket the State Legislative Assembly along with government lecturers.
After expressing solidarity with the members of Telangana Lecturers Sangham, who are sitting on a dharna at Telangana Martyrs Memorial at Gun Park, Kavita along with government lecturers formed a human chain in front of the Assembly blocking the entire traffic. Later, raising Jai Telangana slogans, Kavita tried to barge into the assembly premises.
However, the police personnel deputed at the Assembly foiled their plans and took them into custody. Kavita and the agitating lecturers had a heated argument with police officials and raised slogans against them. All the arrested activists were later shifted to a nearby police station.
Kavita also condemned police high handedness on students of Osmania University and Nizam college students on Monday. She alleged that the State Government was trying to use force to suppress the Telangana agitation. She warned them of serious consequences if they do not change their attitude towards the Telangana activists. (INN)
2011/8/15 22:14:25 Delhi Police who arrested Anna Hazare a couple of hours ago and shifted to unknown place, have rested his associate Kiran Bedi and 50 others too, while they were on their way to Raj Ghat in New Delhi. Kiran Bedi said that they are expecting these arrests and so all of they are prepared for arrests. If, the police want to arrest them, they need not to use force for it, instead they are willing to be voluntarily arrested.” Delhi police have shifted all of them to unknown place.
The TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao is now facing big trouble on the home front. The trouble is in the form of his son K Tarak Rama Rao and daughter Kavita.
The son and daughter are now in a fierce fight to position themselves as the future successor to KCR.
Whiel Kavita is hogging the limelight with her controversial acts and threats KTR has now upped the ante.
While Kavita managed to garner a lot of mileage – good and bad with her ‘Koti Bathukammala Panduga’ KTR has now raised the issue of the statue of Komaram Bheem.
KTR’s threat to demolish the statues of the Telugu stalwarts installed on Tank Bund is nothing but a gimmick to corner some media lime light and divert the attention from Kavita.
One can expect more such moves by Kavita and KTR in the coming days in their bid to outshine one another.
Police shift Yadireddy’s body to Moinabad, arrests scribes
2011/7/21 10:11:16 The police on Thursday detained media persons who had gone to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, hoping to report on the arrival of the body of Yadireddy, who committed suicide for the cause of Telangana in New Delhi.
The police did not allow the media to cover the event and took Yadireddy’s body in an ambulance under tight security to Moinabad, Rangareddy district, his birth place.
Tension prevailed at Shamshabad airport for some time as heated arguments ensued between the police and the journalists. The scribes were objecting to the police not allowing them to cover the event.
When the situation seemingly went out of hand, the police arrested the journalists and shifted them to Rajendranagar police station.
The police also arrested TRS leaders Shravan Kumar and Nayani Narsimha Reddy when they sought police to shift the body to the Martyrs Memorial at Gun Park.(INN)
2011/6/28 6:25:02 Though, there was no hint of trafficking of Muslim girls to Arab countries since a long time, with the arrest of 6 Sudan Nationals by city police has shocked the city public. Hyderabad police have arrested 6 Sudan nationals on Tuesday, who arrived on student visas. All of they got married with the Muslim girls of Old City in Hyderabad and they are about to leave with the girls to Sudan. However, city police had a tip off from an unidentified person and timely arrested the Sudanese. Poverty forces the girl’s parents to make their daughters scapegoats for Arabs. Police suspects that, many more such cases might have gone unnoticed by them.
2011/1/8 0:59:45 Just few hours ago, Brahmanandam was arrested by the police, because he is related to Bhanu Kiran the alleged murderer of Maddela Cheruvu Suri. Not sounds ok? Yeah! He is not our beloved ace comedian Brahmanandam, but another person with the same name. He is brother-in-law of Bhanu Kiran. Few hours ago, police have taken him and Bhanu Kiran’s mother Vijaya Lakshmi and his brother-in-law Brahmanandam into their custody for interrogation. We are aware that, police have arrested Bhanu at Bangalore few hours ago. But, Hyderabad city Police Commissioner AK Khan, who called for a press meet at his office has told them that Bhanu is not in the police custody and its his brother-in-law and mother only with them. However, he didn’t rule out the arrest of Bhanu by Bangalore police.
2012/4/10 8:44:45 The City Police on Tuesday arrested seven more people who were allegedly involved in the recent communal incidents of Madannapet and Saidabad police station limits.
Addressing a press conference, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detective Department - Crimes & SIT) J Sathyanarayana said that the arrests were made in connection with 26 cases registered in different police stations in the Old City. He said the arrests were made based on the scientific evidence including CC cameras, photographs published in newspapers and video clippings of news channels.
The DCP said that all the cases were being transferred to the Special Investigation Team which would comprise of two ACPs and seven inspectors.
Three accused - Syed Amjad Ali (19), Mohd Nizam (22) and Mohd Dastagir (30) were arrested in a case of stone pelting incidents that occurred at Kurmaguda in Madannapet police limits. Another accused, Syed Shakir has been arrested in a case of Madannapet PS where he along with others damaged an auto-rickshaw and beat the auto-driver P Surender at Royal Embassy College.
Two more persons - Yousuf Siddiqui and Mir Mudassar Ali have been arrested for attempting to kill two persons Ravi and Murali at graveyard behind Chanchalguda Women's Jail in the Madannapet PS. Another accused - M Mallikarjun Reddy has been arrested on the charges of pelting stones on the houses and damaging RTC buses at Jai Hind Hotel Road at Saidabad.
The DCP said that efforts were on to arrest the absconding accused in all the cases. So far, the City Police has arrested 12 people in different cases of communal violence.
So far the police has registered 11 cases in Saidabad PS; six in Madannapet; four in Moghalpura; two in Kanchanbagh and one each in Hussain Alam and Chandrayangutta police station limits. (INN)
Repressive govt out to foil OU students’ protest: Etela
2011/7/10 9:25:51 Telangana Rashtra Samithi Floor Leader in the Assembly Etela Rajender on Sunday alleged that the state government and police department are resorting to repressive measures and illegal arrests to foil the mass hunger fast of Osmania University Students Joint Action Committee to start from Monday at Arts College.
Talking to media persons at Telangana Bhavan, Etela Rajender said that the students of Osmania University Students Joint Action Committee are launching the hunger fast ‘peacefully and democratically’ to press for the deletion of Clause 14 F from the Presidential Orders of 1975 and the introduction of the Telangana Bill in Parliament.
“However, the government is making efforts to foil the hunger fast and is resorting to illegal arrests. A heavy contingent of police forces has been deployed outside the campus they are not allowing the students inside the campus,” Mr Rajender said.
He warned Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy of serious consequences if the students who have been arrested illegally are not released and the forces withdrawn from outside the campus.(INN)
ACB arrests Excise officials and liquor syndicates
2012/1/29 8:16:49 In an unpredicted move Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) raids liquor syndicates and excise officials' houses and arrests many officials, Excise constables, syndicate owners, and their staff for making huge loss to Government treasury with their bribery practices.
ACB has conducted raids at Visakha, Srikakulam, Prakasham, Guntur and Nellore districts and arrested 7 Excise Officials and 22 syndicate owners. All of they were charged with bribery, running syndicates against rules and thus making loss to treasury. Among the arrested are Excise CIs, ACs, DCs, ESs and Head constables.
Officials in Excise department and the Liquor merchants flay ACB for arresting as if they are thieves. They said they are the main sources for Government's revenue, yet being treated as thieves. They condemn the arrests and the way they have been treated. Several liquor shops running under the syndicates have closed the shops in protest against the arrests.
However, the ACB stands firm on its action.
But, many of them syndicate owners are with the opinion that it is nothing but a strategic political move made by a key person in the Government, who wants to show his rivals what he can do if they try to play political games with him. The selective raids and arrests of particular people in particular places by ACB is itself considered an indication of the strategy.
2012/2/22 7:04:00 Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, who is known as Chota Nawab in the industry was arrested by Kolaba police in Mumbai today. When he was at Taj Hotel yesterday, he quarreled with an NRI Businessman Iqbal Sharma and given him a punch on his face. Hence, the police arrests Saif upon his complaint. Police have taken Saif to Kolaba station. Unless he tenders an unconditional apology to Iqbal, the case will not be withdrawn. Once he is presented before the magistrate and the trial begins it will become more complicated for him. It is learnt that Saif's family members are negotiating with Iqbal for withdrawing the case against Saif.
Left parties demand judicial probe into Yanam violence
2012/1/29 12:24:07 The left parties' leaders on Sunday demanded that the Pudducherry Government order judicial probe into the conditions that led to violence after the closure of Regency Ceramics factory in Yanam.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) state general secretary Ch Narsinga Rao, CPI MLC Jalli Wilson and East Godavari district secretary Subba Rao on Sunday called upon Puducherry district Collector SB Deepak Kumar appealing him to order judicial probe with a sitting judge of the High Court into the incident. “The probe must expose the real perpetrators behind the violence and mass destruction,” they said.
The left leaders also urged the Collector to make efforts for reopening of factory by holding a meeting with the employees and management in a cordial atmosphere. They said that the police should not resort to arrests and make efforts to resolve the disputes between the employees and management peacefully. They feared that problem would get intensified further, if the police resort to arrests at this critical stage.
Earlier, they inspected the places where the violence and destruction took place and also enquired about the health condition of employees who were injured in the violence and police firing. (INN)
2012/2/3 9:14:08 Telangana Jagruti organization president Kavita has declared that her organization is going to launch a help-desk to help the Telangana people suffering in the gulf countries. Three branches at Kareem Nagar, Nizamabad and Hyderabad will be opened soon for this purpose. She criticized minister Sridhar babu who is looking after NRIs for failing to run his help-desk launched by him some time ago at his own constituency-Kareem Nagar. The help- desk which is intended to help the gulf victims has become helpless, because of the negligence shown by the Minister. So, our help-desks will be an opener for him and the state Government.
2011/12/2 15:00:09 Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu being arrested by the police near Indira Park here on Friday while he along with BJP activists tried to proceeds towards the legislative assembly as a part of "Chalo Assembly" rally organised by the party on farmers' issue.
Six of ganja smuggling gang held, 80 kgs ganja seized
2011/8/16 3:40:29 In a major breakthrough, the Visakhapatnam district police was able to bust a racket involved in drug smuggling in the districts.
On a tip off that one gang was about to smuggle huge quantity of gang, the Visakhapatnam district police laid trap and arrested a gang of six people. Those arrested include three women. The arrests were made by a special police team in Bheemapatnam of Rolugunta mandal. Police have also seized 80 kgs of ganja from their possession.
A case has been registered and further investigations are on. Police suspect more people or gangs could be involved in ganja smuggling in the state. Last month, about 100 kgs of ganja was seized in Rolugunta mandal.
According to Rolugunta Police, from 2009 till now, around 4,000 kgs of Sheelavathi quality dry ganja and 100 vehicles have been seized in Rolugunta division alone. However, sources say that about 10,000 kgs of dry ganja was seized in 2010 and 5,000 kgs from January to June this year in Visakhapatnam district which indicates that it was emerging as a safe haven for ganja smuggling and the flourishing ganja cultivation in the district. (INN)
Shilpa threatens to sue NRI's wife for 'tarnishing image'
2007/7/25 1:02:42
Actress Shilpa Shetty on Wednesday threatened to sue the wife of UK-based NRI Raj Kundra, who had claimed that Shilpa was responsible for her marriage falling apart.
"If she (Kavita Kundra) continues to tarnish my name out of any insecurity or otherwise, I will consider taking legal action as I see no reason why my name is being dragged into this mess,” PTI quoted Shilpa as saying.
A few days ago, Kavita Kundra had claimed that Shilpa is now "an item with her film producer husband Raj".
"Our marriage was in a rough patch but I was certain we could make it work for the sake of our new baby daughter. But then along came Shilpa. Suddenly Raj changed and now he wants a divorce," Kavita told the tabloid News of the World.
Raj Kundra, however, has been associated with Shilpa for the last three months in connection with the launch of her perfume S2 and now they are "friends", PTI quoted Shilpa as saying.
The couple’s marriage had fallen apart a year ago and they had filed for divorce and had been living separately for over a year, say reports.
"I met Raj Kundra three months ago in a business capacity, so where the question of me breaking up her marriage arise? I am disgusted by her reported comments and completely refute the allegation," Shilpa told PTI.
Kavita begins hunger fast for Dr Ambedkar's statue
2012/4/13 8:34:19 Demanding installation of constitutional architect Dr B R Ambedkar's statue in the premises of State Legislative Assembly, Telangana Jagruti president K Kavita on Friday launched a 48-hour hunger strike at Indira Park.
Talking to media persons after starting the hunger strike, Kavita appealed to Speaker Nadendla Manohar and Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha to take steps for establishing Ambedkar's statue beside the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. She said that the installation of Ambedkar's statue would uphold the respect towards law making institutions among the legislators.
Kavitha said that the Dalits and Backward Classes communities have been enjoying the benefits in educational institutions and in employment due to reservation provided by Dr Ambedkar in the constitution. She demanded that the government announce decision on establishing the statue by Saturday on the occasion of Dr Ambedkar's birthday.
Kavitha warned that she would intensify her agitation if government did not take a favourable decision on it.
Meanwhile, YSR Congress party dalit unit members and Lok Satta party expressed solidarity with Kavita’s hunger fast. (INN)
2011/7/11 9:04:11 The police on Monday arrested suspended Telugu Desam Party leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy, Jogiramanna, Harishwar Reddy, TRS Floor leader Etela Rajender and K Tarakarama Rao, besides senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bandaru Dattatreya at Assembly Gate when they are proceeding towards Osmania University to express solidarity to OU students’ hunger fast.
The arrests came when the delegation, led by Mr Janardhan Reddy insisted on going to the OU campus anytime despite police enforcement to express solidarity to fasting students, who are demanding deletion of Clause 14 F and introduction of Telangana Bill in Parliament.
Talking to media persons before being arrested, Mr Janardhan Reddy revealed that the delegation has sought Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy’s permission to visit the campus. However, the Chief Minister rejected their plea, the suspended TDP leader said.
He alleged that Centre and state government were following double standards on the demand of deletion of the controversial Clause 14 F from the Presidential Orders.
Mr Janardhan Reddy questioned the state government for going ahead with recruitment for Sub-Inspector posts in the Police Department when the all Telangana elected representatives resigned from their posts for the cause of statehood.
Warning the government of serious consequences, TRS MLA Taraka Rama Rao demanded it withdraw the Central paramilitary forces surrounding the campus immediately and restore normalcy.
He said that the conditions in the state look like President Rule has already been imposed and Governor ESL Narasimhan was ruling as an agent of the Centre.
Mr Bandaru Dattatreya said that no one can water down the Telangana agitation through police arrests and repressive methods.
The arrested leaders were shifted to Punjagutta police station.(INN)
2011/10/9 6:30:10 Tension prevailed in the Warangal and Nalgonda districts on Sunday after the police arrested Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram to prevent him from visiting the Singareni Collieries coal belt.
Prof Kodandaram along with other JAC leaders boarded a bus at Gun Park opposite Assembly building in Hyderabad to visit the Warangal to express solidarity with the SCCL employees who are participating in the Sakala Janula Samme demanding separate Telangana. Another convoy led by TRS leader Nayani Narasimha Reddy left for SCCL mines in Karimnagar district.
However, Kodandaram's convoy was stopped by the police at Pembarti. While refusing to allow him to proceed further, police took Kodandaram and other leaders into custody. On information, hundreds of Telangana activists gathered at Pembarti and raised slogans against the police. Jangaon DSP Nagaraju said Kodandaram would be sent back to Hyderabad as his entry into the SCCL belt could disturb the law and order situation.
However, the news of Kodandaram's arrest sparked protests across Warangal and Nalgonda district. Hundreds of activists started created blockades on the highway to stop the police from sending back Kodandaram to Hyderabad. Telangana activists staged sit-in protests on highway at several places in Jangaon, Alair, Raigiri and Bhongiri demanding their release. Vehicular traffic on the Warangal-Hyderabad road came to a halt due to these protests.
After several hours of tense moments police was able to take Kodandaram and other leaders to Alair Police Station where they were released. Later, talking to reporters Kodandaram condemned his arrests and accused the State Government of trying to suppress the peaceful agitation using coercive methods. He described the arrests as illegal and said that the police intervention in the agitation was unwarranted. He appealed to the Telangana activists to continue the agitation in a peaceful manner.
Meanwhile, Nayani Narasimha Reddy and other leaders were arrested while they were proceedings towards Godavarikhani in Karimnagar district. Later, they were shifted to the Sircilla Police Station where they were released after a few hours. (INN)
2011/11/15 14:59:09 (IANS) Police in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district are questioning three constables of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for allegedly raping a 12-year-old mentally challenged girl.
Warangal Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar told IANS Tuesday over phone from Warangal that no arrests had so far been made. "We are examining the CRPF constables," he said.
The shocking incident came to light after the six-and-half-month old pregnancy of the orphan girl was terminated Saturday on medical advise.
The investigating officials have preserved the foetus and sent it to forensic science laboratory for DNA analysis.
The police official said they were waiting for the court's nod to conduct paternity test on the accused.
The police suspect the girl was raped in a hostel-cum-school for six to seven months. Kumar said they also suspecting the involvement of hostel warden S. Satyamma, who is frequently changing her statements.
Police learnt that the three CRPF men used to frequent Sai Vikas Home and School for Mentally Retarded, located near a CRPF camp in Bhimaram, about 10 km from Warangal town.
Police are facing problems in investigations as the victim is mentally challenged. The investigators are taking the help of interpreters as she can't speak and is not in a position to identify the culprits.
The CRPF officials are cooperating with the police in the investigation. After the incident, the remaining five inmates of the hostel have been shifted to another centre.
Telangana Jagruthi Organisation president Kavita was arrested by police on Thursday at Tank Bund in Hyderabad. She accompanied by some TRS workers and others have staged a dharna at Ambedkar statue at Tank bund in protest against vandalizing of Dr.Ambedkar statues in Amalapuram and Dhavaleswaram. She plans for a protest march to Assembly demanding an immediate action against the culprits and for installing a statue of Dr.Ambedkar in Assembly premises. However, since she has no police permission for her march, she was arrested by them. Kavita raged with her arrest enters into heated arguments with the police asking them what is wrong with her demands. She warns the Government if it fails to take immediate action on her demands, she will block the Assembly with thousands of people.
Delhi Police who arrested Anna Hazare a couple of hours ago and shifted to unknown place, have rested his associate Kiran Bedi and 50 others too, while they were on their way to Raj Ghat in New Delhi. Kiran Bedi said that they are expecting these arrests and so all of they are prepared for arrests. If, the police want to arrest them, they need not to use force for it, instead they are willing to be voluntarily arrested.” Delhi police have shifted all of them to unknown place.
Though, there was no hint of trafficking of Muslim girls to Arab countries since a long time, with the arrest of 6 Sudan Nationals by city police has shocked the city public. Hyderabad police have arrested 6 Sudan nationals on Tuesday, who arrived on student visas. All of they got married with the Muslim girls of Old City in Hyderabad and they are about to leave with the girls to Sudan. However, city police had a tip off from an unidentified person and timely arrested the Sudanese. Poverty forces the girl’s parents to make their daughters scapegoats for Arabs. Police suspects that, many more such cases might have gone unnoticed by them.
The City Police on Tuesday arrested seven more people who were allegedly involved in the recent communal incidents of Madannapet and Saidabad police station limits.
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, who is known as Chota Nawab in the industry was arrested by Kolaba police in Mumbai today. When he was at Taj Hotel yesterday, he quarreled with an NRI Businessman Iqbal Sharma and given him a punch on his face. Hence, the police arrests Saif upon his complaint. Police have taken Saif to Kolaba station. Unless he tenders an unconditional apology to Iqbal, the case will not be withdrawn. Once he is presented before the magistrate and the trial begins it will become more complicated for him. It is learnt that Saif's family members are negotiating with Iqbal for withdrawing the case against Saif.
The left parties' leaders on Sunday demanded that the Pudducherry Government order judicial probe into the conditions that led to violence after the closure of Regency Ceramics factory in Yanam.
Telangana Jagruti organization president Kavita has declared that her organization is going to launch a help-desk to help the Telangana people suffering in the gulf countries. Three branches at Kareem Nagar, Nizamabad and Hyderabad will be opened soon for this purpose. She criticized minister Sridhar babu who is looking after NRIs for failing to run his help-desk launched by him some time ago at his own constituency-Kareem Nagar. The help- desk which is intended to help the gulf victims has become helpless, because of the negligence shown by the Minister. So, our help-desks will be an opener for him and the state Government.
Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu being arrested by the police near Indira Park here on Friday while he along with BJP activists tried to proceeds towards the legislative assembly as a part of "Chalo Assembly" rally organised by the party on farmers' issue.
Demanding installation of constitutional architect Dr B R Ambedkar's statue in the premises of State Legislative Assembly, Telangana Jagruti president K Kavita on Friday launched a 48-hour hunger strike at Indira Park.
Tension prevailed in the Warangal and Nalgonda districts on Sunday after the police arrested Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram to prevent him from visiting the Singareni Collieries coal belt.
